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Oracle CEO Steps Up Attacks on H-P Chief

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Cari Tuna

Updated Oct. 27, 2010 9:25 p.m. ET

Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Larry Ellison on Wednesday unleashed an unusually personal attack on the recently named CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co. days before a trial is set to begin that pits Oracle against his former employer.

Mr. Ellison has sought to paint Leo Apotheker, SAP AG's former chief, as culpable for a SAP unit's illegal downloads of Oracle documents, accusing him personally of "overseeing an industrial espionage scheme." SAP has accepted liability for the downloads and a trial to determine damages is...